opmt 620
Group Projects 2020 Summer
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Topic for Group Project
To study the following retail branch operations in the areas near to place you live
Walmart
Costco
Save-On-Foods
T&T
Urban Fare
Safeway
Each project group will study one branch
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Project Outline
The students are expected to the approach as recommended below:
Part 1
Introduction
about the company; what challenges the company is facing
Operations data collection & analysis
4V: demand volume, variety, variations and visibility
Process & layout: outlines
Service performance: throughput time, cycle time, WIP and resource utilization
Impact of COVID-19 on the operations performance
Part 2
Operations performance objectives
What do they mean to the operations, how well the company has done to achieve them
Areas for Improvement
What need to be done to address the issues or problems being observed in Part 1 data collection.
Conclusion
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Submission mark: the submission is graded according the general grading criteria as discussed previously.
Final mark: the mark given to each of team members may be different, subject to the following adjustment:
Final Mark = Submission Mark (+ or -) Variance
Variance reflects an individuals contribution to the group assignment. It is up to + or -10% of the submission mark, based on:
My own rating based review and feedback from group members
Inter-group rating (1 to 5)
Leadership
Participation
Research contribution
Contribution to the writing
Grading criteria: Bonus Marks
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OPMT620 Team Project Instructions
General Instructions
The students will be grouped into teams of three students. The team will prepare a
written and oral presentation as outlined below.
Methodology
The team should take the role of a consultant or senior analyst assigned to report on the
issues to senior management.
In all cases students are expected to research at least 5 peer-reviewed articles (e.g.,
journal papers) about the topic in discussion to help support their analysis. Wikipedia, blogs,
and other unreliable web sources will not be accepted.
Written Presentation (70% of total marks)
The team will prepare a written presentation, which must be submitted, to the
instructor, along with an oral Presentation and a copy of the PowerPoint in the handout format.
The text should be double-spaced and should be done in a professional manner. You
should include copies of all tables, diagrams, etc. used in your presentation. The cover sheet
should include team member names. The team will provide one copy of their analysis to the
instructor at the beginning of the class.
There is not a firm guideline of the report content. However, it is important that the
following information be present.
1. Cover page with the usual information student information, title, subtitle, course and
section names and numbers.
2. Executive summary the report is addressed to senior management of the company in
question.
3. Table of contents.
4. Content
This is dependent upon what type of project is, e.g. whether it is research-oriented, or
practical problem-solving. The topics for Group Project may vary, you should visit the
course website for update.
Oral Presentation (30% of total marks)
The team will prepare an oral presentation and the script, PowerPoint slides and any
other aides prepared must be submitted to the instructor, along with the written presentation.
The presentation should be your professional best, last approximately 30 minutes (but
no more than 30 minutes), and each team member should have a part. You should illustrate
your presentation with computer-projected PowerPoint slides.
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There will be a session after each presentation where the rest of the students are
expected to question the presenters on any points that were not made clear and/or bring up
their own ideas on the case.
